A classic recently revisited: Goth or Not dot com
I forgot how much I dig this site, and spent way too much time clicking through the gallery tonight. I do have a bit of a rating system, for those interested in scoring higher on the goth-o-meter. The top ten lists are pretty dead-on (no pun intended) with my own picks. If you look like you're sixteen or younger, bonus 3 points for your pain. If the photo is actually taken in a high school cafeteria, bonus 4 points. Bonus 2 points for actually using your class photo. Photos in cemeteries bonus 1 point. Bonus 2 points for expert combinations of plaid and latex. Being from the cyberpunk/rivethead camp myself, any name including words like 'synthetic', 'machine', any German-sounding words, etc. get an extra 2 points. Minus 2 points if you look like you're attending the Renaissance Festival. (Cyberpunks hate hippies, and the Renfest look is a so close, you may as well be wearing a fanny pack and sandals. Sorry - my rules.) Bonus 2 points for a good punk name like 'Blowmeasshole'. Any pumped-up Glen Danzig look-a-likes with the word 'master' in their name get minus 4 to 9 points, depending on how self-important looking they are in the photo. Likewise for anyone who looks like they're in a shorts rock band or might own a Limp Bizkit CD. (Slipknot is not goth, f.y.i.) Good Robert Smith look-a-likes get an automatic 10 rating.